Hans Snow

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Hans Schnee (* unknown; † before March 22, 1517 ) was a gun founder .

life and work

Snow was active in Besançon and Innsbruck . On November 17, 1509 he was appointed gunsmith and caster in Burgundy by Maximilian I in Trento . This annually prescribed snow for life “100 ducats from the Roveredo customs” as maintenance and service money. In addition, he received 16 Rhenish guilders if he served with a horse and a farmhand in the war. In addition there was the payment for the casting of cans, according to the usual wages. As a royal caster he was bound to secrecy about the skills learned in the service. At that time his manufacture was in Besançon. On February 14, 1512 he was again confirmed by the emperor in his office as gunsmith and caster, with the payment now being made from the "House Chamber Office of Innsbruck". For work in the field, he and his horse were now entitled to 24 cruisers per day and a further 12 cruisers for a “servant on foot”. From now on he was obliged to settle in Innsbruck and was also awarded an interest-free hostel and workshop at the emperor's expense. In December 1512 he received treatment from the doctor Hans Graez for 30 guilders due to paralysis. On October 8th he received a foundry wage of 200 guilders. After his death, Peter Burgundier succeeded him.

Snow was married twice

  • with Gertraut (who brought a certain fortune into the marriage)
  • with Helena (nee Goliant), who married Franz Lynthy (or Luithy) after his death.

He had two daughters Christina and Helena.

Works (selection)

  • In 1509 two main pieces were cast in Villach and Fuggerau .
  • For the year 1515 there are data on the casting of 10 falconettes in Verona for the armories in Breisach and Lindau and on a "basilisk pelican" (that is, with a pelican on the barrel).
  • He also made two falconets with the coat of arms of the Viceroy of Naples ; these are called "small basilisks".

literature

  • Yearbook of the Art History Collections of the Very Highest Imperial House (=  Art History Collections of the Very Highest Imperial House ). Adolf Holzhausen, Vienna 1884, Part II: Sources on the history of the imperial house collections and the artistic endeavors of the most noble ore house , p. CLXXXV , doi : 10.11588 / DIGLIT.5610 ( uni-heidelberg.de - several files mention Hans Schnee as a gunsmith, the assignments and family relationships given to him, here especially the pages: XLIV, XLVII – XLVIII, LVI, LIX, LXII, LXX, LXXXI, LXXXIII, XCIX).
  • Snow, Hans . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 30 : Scheffel – Siemerding . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1936, p. 189 .
  • Wendelin Boeheim: The collection of old guns in the kk artillery arsenal in Vienna . In: Karl Czoernig (Ed.): Mittheilungen der Kaiserl. Royal Central commission for research and… 9th year, new series. KK Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1883, p. 59 ff., here p. 61 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 1262-1517 March 22, Mechelen in Brabant . In: Yearbook of the Art History Collections of the Very Highest Imperial House (=  Art History Collections of the Highest Imperial House ). 1884, p. LXXXI , doi : 10.11588 / DIGLIT.5610 ( uni-heidelberg.de ).
  2. ↑ Wendelin Boeheim : Snow, Hans . In: Handbuch der Waffenkunde: The weapon system in its historical . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1890, p. 652 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
personal data
SURNAME Snow, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Can caster
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH 1517